Is It Me, or Has the Spirit in America Been on Hold Lately

[Joanne98]

The central battle in America in our times is the battle of good
against evil, for evil has gained an unprecedented foothold in America
in recent times through what's happened through the right wing of the
American polity. That's the main event: a battle for the
soul of the country. That's not America's most essential business
most of the time, but that is what's at center stage in the American
drama since George W. Bush became president.


The arena of that battle used to be the Bush administration, and its
unprecedented lawlessness and lying. We got rid of that evil
gang, got Obama, and discovered that even without Bush and Cheney the
Republican Party is a lying and amorally destructive force: all
the Republican Party wants to do is make Obama fail, whatever the
injury to the country, so they can get power back for themselves.


For better or for worse --and that's what now remains to be seen--
Obama is our champion in that war. That is the battlefield
now: whether the Republicans will be able to continue to gain
advantage by acting in the most irresponsible and unconstructive way
imaginable, in a completely dishonest and hypocritical way. Or
whether Obama will now be able to fight against them in a way that a)
makes them pay for serving evil, and b) gets accomplished for America
the incredibly many things we need to do to repair the damage lately
done the country, and create the foundation for the country to wisely
and competently choose its future and make itself into what it wants to
be.


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[saltpoint]

1. The spirit of America, whatever that might mean to all 300 million of us

or so, has been in question ever since Huckleberry Finn rejected civilization in its present form. Maybe before.

When that novel begins Huck is 14 years old. He wasn't impressed with the niceties of U.S. town life. He incurred curses with dead cats and he didn't wear no shoes.

We went from Huck Finn to the Aqua Velva Man in around 140 years. If Huck didn't like town life in the early 1800s it's unlikely IMO that he'd like it today any better, and he probably wouldn't like assholes like John Boehner, psychotics like Michelle Bachmann, and soulless monsters like Bush and Cheney at all, and properly so.

Hey Huck. Is there any room left on that raft?

[madrchsod]

2. we have become a nation of children.....

who have to sleep with the light on because we are afraid of the shadows on the wall....